Both factions of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) have given a call to observe shutdown in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday to protest against the killing of a youth in a fresh incident of police firing.

On the occasion of World Refugee Day, the Tibetan government-in-exile’s spokesperson, Thubten Samphel, on Sunday said they have been lucky to choose India as a country of refuge.

India will be going into next week’s foreign secretary-level talks with an open mind and will discuss all contentious issues if raised by Pakistan.

The Delhi Government may announce revised fares for taxi and auto-rikshaws services in the National Capital Region (NCR) on Monday.

One of the three prime accused in a train derailment in West Bengal last month allegedly due to Maoist sabotage, in which 148 people were killed, was arrested from Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district Sunday, police said.

Expressing reservations over ambiguity prevailing over a proposed civil nuclear deal between Pakistan and China, official sources here said that that deal is very much on India 's radar, and, “we are seeking more information."

A pro-Maoist activist, who is one of the three prime accused in the derailment of a train in West Bengal that killed 148 people, was arrested in Jharkhand Sunday, police said here.

With intelligence reports indicating the possibility of attacks on Indian assets in Afghanistan, India Sunday said the issue will figure during the foreign secretary level talks in Islamabad next week and indicated that it was ready for a larger discussion on the situation in the violence-torn country.

Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) spy agency has an interest in certain sectors in Kerala and also in some organisations based in the state, Union Minister of State for Home Mulapally Ramachandran said Sunday.

The national capital simmered Sunday with the maximum temperature at 44.8 degrees Celsius - six degrees above average. With no respite in sight, residents need to buckle up for a hot week ahead, to go by what weather officials said.